Keeping track of rehabbed wild turtles isn’t easy

Tracking rehabbed turtles to see how they're doing after they're released may be just as hard as saving them in the first place.

Tracey Peake-NC State • futurity
Oct. 10, 2023 ~6 min

Less fishing gear could save more humpback whales

Reducing the amount of fishing gear in the water could go a long way to saving humpback whales while having little impact on crab fishers.

Harrison Tasoff-UC Santa Barbara • futurity
Oct. 5, 2023 ~10 min


Genetic rescue could benefit more at-risk species

Genetic rescue is an under-used strategy for the conservation of endangered and threatened animals in the US, report researchers.

Emilie Lorditch-Michigan State • futurity
Oct. 4, 2023 ~4 min

Tagging turns animals into live weather stations

Increased tagging of fish, seals, birds, and other animals can help fill key data gaps in understanding the world's changing climate.

Bill Hathaway-Yale • futurity
Sept. 25, 2023 ~7 min

Moving roadkill could save golden eagles at wind power facilities

Removing road-killed animals that can lead to golden eagles getting hit by cars could help offset the number of birds wind turbines kill.

Carol Clark-Emory • futurity
Sept. 21, 2023 ~7 min

Rate of climate-induced extinction is ‘shocking’

A study of a lizard species in Arizona revealed that nearly 70 years' worth of climate-related extinction occurred in just seven years.

Niranjana Rajalakshmi-Arizona • futurity
Sept. 20, 2023 ~5 min

Rare butterflies in Denmark are in steep decline

The distribution of rare butterflies in Eastern Denmark has plummeted by 72% in just 26 years, researchers report.

Maria Hornbek-Copenhagen • futurity
Sept. 5, 2023 ~7 min

Indigenous peoples still face effects of mass bison slaughter

Indigenous peoples are still feeling the economic shock of the mass slaughter of North American bison in the late 1800s, a new study shows.

Carol Clark-Emory • futurity
Aug. 24, 2023 ~10 min


Maps mark where Italian bears and people can coexist

Less than two hours' drive from Rome, bears still roam the woods. New maps aim to promote coexistence between endangered bears and people.

ETH Zurich • futurity
Aug. 16, 2023 ~9 min

Team solves puzzle of when bees first evolved

Bees first evolved more than 120 million years ago and diversified faster and spread wider than previously thought.

Seth Truscott-Washington State • futurity
July 31, 2023 ~5 min

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